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Chapter 336 The Power of the Great Qing Iron Fist

From Tongzhou to Linqing, marching along the canal is undoubtedly the most trouble-free and most convenient.

When marching in the hinterland of Gyeonggi, there is no need to requisition any soldiers and civilians, and food and drink are provided by the local government every time they go to a place.

The new governor of Zhili, Zhou Yuanli, is a 70-year-old man. According to the resumes of court officials sorted out by Shuan Zhu, this Zhou Zhitai is an expert in water control and has been working in the river.

It is unlucky to have never led troops to fight a war at all, and encountered such a major event as soon as he took office.

The former governor of Zhili, Yang Jingsu, was a member of the Mutual Aid Association. Two months ago, because he failed to monitor Hu Xiying, the magistrate of Xiong County, for eroding disaster relief, the result of the discussion with the officials was that he was dismissed and demoted to a commoner. , to stay in office instead of being demoted.

After the imperial decree ordered Zhili to send troops to assist the suppression, the governor of Zhili, who knew nothing about military affairs, had to let Yang Jingsu, who was demoted to the chief envoy, lead troops to defend against the bandits.

This Yang Jingsu is said to be a general. His grandfather was the admiral of the green camp, and his father was the commander of Gubeikou. However, Yang Jingsu was weak since he was a child, and he didn't like martial arts. Like Zhou Yuanli, he had never been in contact with military affairs since he was an official.

The main reason why Zhou Zhitai entrusted him with the important task of guarding against thieves is that Yang Fantai is young, only 60 years old this year, a full ten years younger than the governor.

Linqing rioted against bandits, directly threatening the safety of Zhili. Therefore, even though the Governor and Fantai were both old and unable to fight, they still sent the strongest fighting force in Zhili.

There were 1200 Green Battalion soldiers led by Chief Military Officer Wan Chaoxing and Deputy General Ma Erqing'a.

These are all the elite soldiers that Zhili can use.

It can't be said that they are elite soldiers who have fought a hundred battles, because Zhili has been in peace for hundreds of years, and there are no battles to fight, so how can there be elite soldiers.

At the beginning of the founding of the Qing Dynasty, an unwritten system was established, that is, there should be no Han Chinese in the Zhili area.

Because Zhili is located in an important area of ​​Gyeonggi and surrounds the capital, if Zhili has a heavy army from the green battalion, if there is a rebel, the capital will be surrounded in an instant.

The governor of Tianjin, Xu Ji, who was under the control of the governor of Zhili, also personally led troops to help the suppression, and took out all the possessions of the Tianjin green camp-800 battalion soldiers.

Now the [-] Tianjin battalion soldiers are rushing to Linqing under the personal leadership of the governor, and want to join forces with Yang Jingsu and Wan Chaoxing to strengthen their momentum.

On the Shandong side, Governor Cathay assembled 3000 battalions and civilians from across the province, and handed them over to the only general who had suffered consecutive defeats to continue besieging the bandits.

The only thing is that although he keeps losing battles, he wins because he dares to fight, and his spirit is precious. Compared with the generals of Shandong Luying who fled in hope of thieves, they can already be called titans.

After Yao Lide, governor of Henan and Shandong rivers, received the order, he also sent 4 people from the 1600th Battalion of the River Battalion under his control, led by deputy general Wang Zhen, to rush north from Jining to help suppress.

The Bingbutang newspaper shows that there are now more than 8000 reinforcements mobilized from various places. Together with the Central Army under the command of Jia Liu, there are nearly [-] people. Supply is beyond the reach of bandits.

"Ten Hans with one flag!"

During the march, Jia Liu used this slogan to mobilize his subordinates, and tied dozens of Eight Banners cowards who dared to desert and flee back to Beijing with ropes to walk in front of the team.

Just deserting and running away, Jia Liu can understand that people are afraid of death.

He, leader Jia, is also someone who has experienced it, can he lose his temper over such a trivial matter?
But just run, don't f*cking shake the morale of the army, say that going to Shandong is to die, and say that the bandits know magic spells, drink the water, and everyone is invulnerable.

This made Team Leader Jia feel guilty.

It's not that they are afraid of some immortal spells that will make them invulnerable, but they are worried that with the bonus of religion, those religious bandits might not have the fighting belief of the Taiping Army.

As we all know, no matter what the quality of personnel and weapons are, once an army has faith, it is really invincible.

When the team arrived in Tianjin, they received the latest military information. After capturing Linqing, the bandits did not go north to attack the capital, nor did they go west to attack Henan.

This is good news, because the actions of the bandits gave the Qing troops everywhere time to react.

"Young master, why did those bandits stay in Linqing and didn't know how to go north?"

Yang Zhi couldn't understand the strategic policy of the religious bandits. He knew nothing about military affairs, but he also knew that as long as the religious bandits went all out to fight north, the Qing army would not be able to stop them along the way.

Jia Liu, who was admiring the scenery of the canal at the bow of the boat, couldn't help but look at Shuanzhu: "Brother Zhuzi, we are the Qing government army, we are here to quell the chaos! What are you thinking?"

Yang Zhi glanced at the Eight Banners soldiers on the boat behind, smashed it, said, "Master, I think if the religious bandits hit the capital, not to mention digging up the imperial tomb, we can loot the Old Summer Palace for them."

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Jia Liu was a little anxious to urinate, so he stood on the bow of the boat and urinated.

After several days of constant travel, the Central Army finally arrived at Qinghe County in the north of Linqing.

He successfully joined forces with Zhili chief envoy Yang Jingsu, Tianjin governor Xu Ji, general soldier Wan Chaoxing and others.

The arrival of the central army obviously greatly boosted the morale of the local army.

The good news comes one after another.

Xu Ji, the governor of Tianjin, said that he had just fought two battles with the bandits the day before yesterday, one in Xiaodengzhuang and the other in Zhangjiazhuang, killing hundreds of enemies each.

"Most of the thieves' weapons are short-handled guns, iron forks, shun knives, and plain knives. There are hundreds of carts with oxen and horses, all of which are women's luggage. The governor and the army are advancing rapidly, and the thieves have no defense at all."

Xu Futai's vivid description lifted Jia Liu's spirit. Sure enough, the religious bandits were religious bandits, and they dragged women's clothes while marching and fighting. This is really a chance for Jia Jia Shikai to make a comeback.

It's just that Yang Jingsu came to look for him at night, and he didn't specify the identity of each other's mutual aid members. He just told Team Leader Jia not to believe Xu Ji's bragging in the daytime.

Because, according to him secretly sending people to inquire, Xu Ji lost two battles in a row, not only losing more than two hundred battalion soldiers, but also hundreds of village soldiers.

In order not to be held accountable by the court, this is the only way to cheat.

What Jia Liu could say, he could only scold the dog official.

The news of the Central Army's arrival reached the only ear of Shandong General Soldiers who besieged the east and south of Linqing, and immediately asked the Central Army to join the battle.

Jia Liu has no objection to this.

He came here to teach bandits to gain military exploits. Right now there are [-] soldiers and [-] to [-] muskets, and there are no less than a hundred cannons.

Big deal, draw.

Two days later, horns sounded and drums beat.

The Central Army, Zhili Army, Tianjin Army, Shandong Army, and Hedao Army launched an attack as scheduled.

Since it was stationed on the north bank of the Canal, the Central Army, Zhili and Tianjin soldiers had to cross the river first.

The crossing went very smoothly.

Jia Liu set foot on the land on the south bank, looking at the Linqing City in the distance, he couldn't help feeling very high-spirited.

He ordered the Minister of Counselor and Deputy General Yingji to quickly deploy the artillery team, and first let the bandits taste the power of the iron fist of the Qing Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)